Billboard has the #’s on whole income from grasp recording and publishing because the Kendrick Lamar–Drake beef broke out earlier this 12 months, courtesy of Luminate.
The six songs highlighted generated practically $15.4 million in streaming, digital gross sales and publishing income in america via the week ending Nov. 21, in keeping with Billboard estimates primarily based on knowledge from Luminate.
Kendrick’s “Not Like Us” and Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That” that includes Lamar — each of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 — generated probably the most income by far and contributed practically 80% to the general determine. Right here’s how they break down:
“Not Like Us” generated $4.97 million in streaming and obtain income; and $2.66 million in publishing income. The observe has racked up nearly 6.3 million music equivalents.
For “Like That,” $3.42 million got here from U.S. streaming and obtain income earned by the observe’s grasp recording rights and $1.2 million from publishing.
These calculations are for label and writer income. The artists’ share of those figures depend upon their contracts, which aren’t recognized.
Whereas Drake’s “Household Issues” and “Push Ups” account for simply 13% of the general income generated to date by these tracks, he stays among the many high 10 highest grossing artists globally, primarily based on his catalog’s gross from 2023. By Nov. 21, his catalog has generated 6.8 million equal album models within the U.S. in 2024, in keeping with Luminate. Lamar’s catalog has generated 3.5 million consumption models to date this 12 months. Supply: Luminate
